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Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS) Sometimes referred to as alcoholic encephalopathy, alcohol induced encephalopathy, alcohol related encephalopathy (AJR), alcohol related brain damage, or "wet brain" is a neurological disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency. Wernicke encephalopathy (a type of delirium) being characterized by an acute/subacute confusional state and o...
Portal hypertension is an increase in the pressure within the portal vein, which carries blood from the digestive organs (stomach, intestine, spleen, & pancreas) to the liver. The increase in pressure is caused by a blockage in the blood flow through the liver. Increased pressure in the portal vein causes large veins (varices) to develop across the esophagus and stomach to get around the block...
Encephalopathy is a term that means brain disease, damage, or malfunction.=== * Encephalopathy is a broad term used to describe abnormal brain function or brain structure. (Encephalo= brain + pathy= disorder). The abnormality may be transient, recurrent, or permanent. The loss of brain function may be reversible, static and stable, or progressive with increasing loss of brain activity over time...